Baked Potato Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
8 cups
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 4 baking potatoes (8 to 9 oz. each)
- 6 teaspoons butter or 6 teaspoons margarine
- 1⁄2 cup diced onion
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 8 ounces sour cream
- shredded cheddar cheese
- bacon (or bacon bits)
- sliced green onions or chives
directions
- Wash and pierce potatoes with a fork. Bake at 400 deg. for 1 hour or until done.
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter, cook onion and add flour, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat until bubbly. Stir in milk and broth. Cook mixture until thickened.
- Cut potatoes in half lengthwise, score and scoop out the the shell with a spoon. Stir half of the potato pulp into soup and mix. Add remaining pulp, sour cream.
- Season to taste.
- Ladle into bowls and serve, topped with shredded cheddar cheese, bacon and sliced green onions.
- Cook time does not include the time to bake the potatoes.
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